[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Citikanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda) › 13 # Citikanda 13 Citikāṇḍa 13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13.1) iti dvitīyaprapāṭhake tṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam || 6-2-3 || ( 3. 1. ) hasta 'eṣā'gni̱rbhavatyatha paśu̱nabhimanyrayatai | ( ta' ) etadvā'eṣu devā 'anveṣiṣyantaḥ purastādvīryyamadadhustathaivaiṣvayametadanveṣiṣyanpurastādvīryya dadhāti ### [13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13.2) so'śvama̱bhimantrayate | pratūrttaṃ vājinnādraveti yadvai kṣipraṃ ta̱tpratūrttamatha yu̱tkṣiprātkṣepayastatpratūrttaṃ vuriṣṭhāmanu saṃvṛtamitīyaṃ vai vyuriṣṭhā saṃvvudimāma̱nu saṃvvutamityetaddivi te janma paśumantarikṣe tava nābhiḥ pṛthivyāmadhi yoniriḍiti tadenametā devatāḥ karotyagniṃ vāyumādityaṃ taḍubhye vīryyaṃ dadhāti ### [13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13.3) (tyu) atha rāsabham | yuñjāthām̐ rāsabhaṃ yutramityadhvaryuṃ caitadyajamānaṃ cāhāsminthāme vṛṣaṇvasū'ityasminkarmaṇi vṛṣaṇvasū'ityetadagniṃ bharantamasmayumityagniṃ bharantamasmatpreṣitamityetattadrāsabhe vīryaṃ dadhāti ### [13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13.4) ( tyu ) athājam | yoge yoge tavastaraṃ vāje vāje havāmaha'ityannaṃ vai vva̱ājaḥ karmaṇi karmaṇi tava̱starama̱gne'gne havāmaha'ityetatsakhāya 'indra̍mūtaya'itīndriyavantamūtaya'ityetattadaje vvīryaṃ dadhāti ### [13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13.5) tri̱ibhira̱bhimantrayate | tri̱vṛda̱gniryāvānagniyarvityasya mātrā tāva̱taivaiṣve̱tadvīryaṃ dadhāti ### [13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13.6) ( tyu) athainānprāca 'utkramayati | ta̱dene̱metaiḥ paśu̱bhira̱nvicchati nopaspṛśatyagnireṣa yatpaśavo nenmā'ya̱magna̍rhi&si̱ṣaditi ### [13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13.7) so'śvamutkramayati | pratūūrvanne̱hyava̍krāmannaśastīriti pāpmā vā'aśastistvara̍māṇa 'ehyava̍krāmanpāpmānamityetaddrudrasya gāṇapatyaṃ mayobhūrahīti raudrā vai paśavo yā te devatā tasyai gāṇapatyaṃ mayobhūrahītyetatta̱denama̱śvenā̱nvicchati ### [13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13.8) ( tyu ) atha rāsabham | (su) urvvantarikṣaṃ vīhi svasti gavyūtirabhayāni kṛṇvanniti yathaiva yajustathā bandhuḥ pūṣṇā sayujā sahetīyaṃ vai pūṣā'nayā sayujā sahetyetattadena 14 rāsabhenānvicchati ### [13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13.9) ( tyu ) athājam | (mpṛ ) pṛthivyāḥ sadhasthādagniṃ purīṣyamaṅgirasvadābhareti pṛthivyā 'upasthādagniṃ paśuvyamagnivadābharetyetattadenamajenānvicchati ### [13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13.10) tribhiranvicchati | trivṛdagniryāvānagniyoṃvatyasya mātrā tāvataivaitametadanvicchati tribhiḥ purastādabhimantrayate tatṣaṭṣaḍṛtavaḥ saṃvvatsaraḥ saṃvva tsaro'gniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvattadbhavati ### [13.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13.104) iti dvitīyaprapāṭhake caturthaṃ brāhmaṇam || 6-2-4 || (3-2) dvitīyaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ samāptaḥ || kāṇḍikāsaṃkhyā ## Linked texts (2) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.6.3.2.1) — Sanskrit - [Kāṇvīya Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kanviyasatapathabrahmana.33.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.13) · Pramāṇa